Wednesday 20 April 2011

The Gallery - My blog


This is my blog.  It is a friend. Or maybe a cousin.  Or a sister.  But either way, a friend.  One of those friends or relations you have known from childhood, maybe all your life.

The sort of friend who you don't have to explain things to, because she has been there too, and she understands.  The sort of cousin who you can tell anything to, not because she won't judge, but because she will, and although you might hate what she says at the time, and get all defensive and grumpy,  and maybe even a bit teary, you will know she is right and is only telling you because she cares.  The sort of sister who is so much a part of your life and your furniture that your memories are her memories and you have both forgotten why or how she came to be there, but just that she is.

The sort of friend that sometimes you don't really like very much.  Sometimes she embarrasses you. Sometimes you think she doesn't really represent the person you'd like to be, although, in your heart of hearts, you admit, if only to yourself, she represents the person you actually are.   Sometimes you feel she makes you do, or say, things that you wish you hadn't done or said.   Sometimes you feel you hide behind her, letting her take the lead, when you should have the courage to come out and say things out loud instead.

Sometimes you wish you could just walk away. That you could take back the admissions you've made to her; admissions you've made because talking to her is like talking to yourself.  That you'd never met her in the first place. But you can't.

Because no matter how much she irritates, or embarrasses, or is not what you'd always want her to be, you'd miss her if she weren't there.  And your life would be immeasurably poorer without her.

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This post is, as posts often are on a Wednesday, for Tara's Gallery.  Find out what everyone else thinks their blogs are like here.


14 comments:

  1. yes, I see that. Beautiful photo too x

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  2. I can understand that too. Great photo x

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  3. Nice photo and I love the sentiments you express

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  4. Really lovely post!

    I love that photo, looks they are setting off for an amazing adventure a la Alice in Wonderland.

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  5. very clever and great perspective, I think I may start to think about my blog a bit differently now - thank you

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  6. Gorgeous photo and I love your words too. I don't think a day passes that i don't think of my blog or see/hear/say something and think - oh that'll make a good post!

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  7. What a wonderful way to think of your blog!

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  8. Lovely image and heartfelt words.
    My try is at http://gigglingatitall.blogspot.com

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  9. I love your imaginative take on this theme!

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  10. *nods along* absolutely! You have described exactly how I feel about my blog too. Great post :)

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  11. Lovely LOVELY post and so true. Lovely pic too. Have I said lovely enough? ;)

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  12. Thank you all very much for lovely comments on both photo (L and her best friend M, who I suspect have a much less complicated relationship than the one I've outlined!) and post.

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I know. I'm sorry. I hate these word recognition, are you a robot, guff things too, but having just got rid of a large number of ungrammatical and poorly spelt adverts for all sorts of things I don't want, and especially don't want on my blog, I'm hoping that this will mean that only lovely people, of the actually a person variety, will comment.

So please do. Comments are great...